Net cash flow and net profit is not same due to inclusion of non cash items in net income that's why net income is adjusted for non cash items while preparing cash flow from operating activities.
Why is that net income does not equal cash provided by operations?
Differences exists due to inclusion of non cash items in cash flow from operating activities as well as some income or loss which is not part of or due to operations of business purely.
Net income included the non cash items as well while in net cash from operations only cash items are included and net income is adjusted for non cash items.
Net cash provided by operating activities can be find out by adjusting the net income amount from income statement for non-cash items.
Growing difference between net income and cash flow from operations is due to growing amount of non cash items in income statement like depreciation, amortizations, loss on disposal or gain on disposal of asset etc.
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Indirectly. Technically it doesn't, depreciation is a non-cash expense. Depreciation expense does, however show up as a line item on the cash flows statement as an adjustment to operating income to derive net cash from operations... you add it back to income.
Revaluation surplus is deducted from net income in case of net cash flow from operations using indirect method as this is not a cash related transaction.
Indirectly. Technically it doesn't, depreciation is a non-cash expense. Depreciation expense does, however show up as a line item on the cash flows statement as an adjustment to operating income to derive net cash from operations... you add it back to income.
Cash flow statements can be used by businesses to track all cash that flows in and out of their operations. They can help small business owners understand the difference between the cash flow and net income and justify cash movements in accounting.
Operating Cash Flow is calculated using adjusting net income for items (depreciation, changes to accounts receivable, and changes to inventory).
Operating Cash Flow is calculated using adjusting net income for items (depreciation, changes to accounts receivable, and changes to inventory).
The Income Statement must be prepared first because the Current Profit or Loss (from the Income Statement) is needed in the Equity section of the Balance Sheet to make it balance. Also, the current profit or loss is the starting point to calculate Cash from Operations needed for the Cash Flow Statement.
While preparing cash flow statment using indirect method, non-cash expenses are added back to net income because in net income these expenses were deducted to arrive at net income while there is no cash inflow or outflow from these activities so that's why to arrive cash flow from operating activities these items are added back to arrive at cash flow from operations.